by TINTSWALO BALOYI
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE National Bar Association (NBA) has condemned United States President Donald Trump’s directive to remove pivotal artifacts from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
“The National Bar Association is outraged and deeply disturbed by the Trump Administration’s attempt to erase Black History,” said Wiley Adams, President of the NBA.
“This decision is more than a bureaucratic act. It is a deliberate assault on truth, history, and the dignity of Black Americans,” he said Adams.
“We are deeply disturbed by the effort to strip from public view the very items that chronicle our nation’s long, painful, and triumphant journey toward justice.”
Adams underscored that museums were not political tools, but spaces of collective learning and remembrance.
“The African American Museum preserves artifacts that bear witness to generations of struggle and progress. Removing them is an attempt to silence the voices of those who fought to shape this country,” Adams said.
He said history could not be hidden.
“The legacy of Black Americans cannot be erased, and we will not stand idle as our stories, struggles, and triumphs are pushed into the shadows,” Adams insisted.
– CAJ News